contrived nature walk
Walking in the park, trying to listen to the environmental sounds like a concert. Makes me think about moments where composers (or improvisers) present sequences of sound as if random, […]
Composing
how to get out of an impossible jail
There was an impossible jail situation where the jailers placed gps trackers inside the bodies of the prisoner. Unless there was a way to remove the tracker, it would be […]
two movies
Saw the Joker. The score was awesome. Wonder how much was the director’s vision, how much was the composer’s? How much was them fighting about it or not? A lot […]
looptalk
Listened to a guy other night at the open stage perform with a machine that starts/ stops loops easily. It had a pitch shifter built into it, his voice could […]
the carver
It seems like you are in charge when you write music but I’m not sure because G, Eb and A already existed before you claimed your way of playing them […]
musical mind
viewing a tutorial about lydian modes. guy talked about hollywood composers inclination to utilize this, then played an excerpt of beethoven doing it. next he says beethoven is using the […]
a few of my favourite things
when mark hundevad said he’s playing tomorrow around the corner from where i live – with juini booth, who i didn’t know of, but who has played with tony williams, […]
at the guild
At an informal composers meeting people discussed the latest films they were working on and one guy said he was asked to score a science fiction feature about a planet […]
the pro
Almost 20 years ago a producer called me and asked if I could do him a huge favour. He was working with a director in France and she needed music […]
inner drum machine
A student asked me last week if I thought life itself was a song. I said I could get my head around that. They said it’s like a song that […]